A part of the wreckage is seen at the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, July 21, 2014.

Indonesia expects those behind MH17 must be held accountable

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia said that those responsible to bring down Malaysian Airline MH17 in eatsern Ukraine, Russian border must be held accountable. . There were 12 Indonesian citizens who became victims in the tragical incident. "Indonesia wants those responsible for this tragical incident to be proceeded according to the law," Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Desra Percaya,...

Georgia's former President Eduard Shevardnadze speaks during an interview with Reuters at his residence in Tbilisi September 4, 2009.

Ex-Soviet minister and Georgia leader Shevardnadze dies

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TBILISI - Eduard Shevardnadze, a former president of Georgia and Soviet foreign minister, died on Monday after a long struggle with illness, his personal assistant said. Shevardnadze, who was 86, played a vital role in ending the Cold War as Soviet foreign minister, and went on to lead his native Georgia in the stormy early years after independence before...